| 单词 | massacre or slaughter of the innocents |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmassacre or slaughter of the innocents c. figurative in plural (Parliamentary slang.) Applied to measures ‘sacrificed’ at the end of a session for want of time; usually in massacre or slaughter of the innocents. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > measures sacrificed for want of time innocent1859 1859 Times 20 July 7/3 (Farmer) The Leader of the House would have to go through that doleful operation called the massacre of the innocents. 1870 London Figaro 6 Aug. (Farmer) So vigorously has the slaughter of the innocents been proceeding that the Appropriation Bill was read a first time in the House of Commons on Wednesday. 1887 Spectator 20 Aug. At this period of the Session, amongst the ‘innocents’, this innocentest of the innocents is not destined to be spared the sacrificial knife. < as lemmas |
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